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Greater Jakarta: Ahok to ask AGO, police to investigate budget
Governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaja Purnama has said he will ask the Attorney Generalâs Office (AGO) and the National Police to investigate irregularities in the City Councilâs version of the 2015 budget
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overnor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama has said he will ask the Attorney General's Office (AGO) and the National Police to investigate irregularities in the City Council's version of the 2015 budget.
Ahok previously said that in the budget drafted by the City Council there were a number of cuts in some project allocations and a new allocation for a project worth Rp 12.1 trillion (US$936 million) to procure uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices for computers in mayoral, district and subdistrict offices in West Jakarta.
'I've asked my subordinates whether they had anything to do with this and they have denied it. If the City Council has the right to inquire, the AGO and the police also have a right to investigate these irregularities,' Ahok told reporters at City Hall on Wednesday.
The governor and the City Council have been in dispute over the draft 2015 budget, which has been set at Rp 73.08 trillion.
